{"product_id":"charles-james-fox-9780198201045","title":"Charles James Fox","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles James Fox was one of the most colorful figures in eighteenth-century politics. Notorious for the excesses of his private life  he was at the same time one of the leading politicians of his generation  dominating the Whig party and polite society. As the political rival of Pitt the Younger and the intellectual rival of Edmund Burke  his views on the major issues of the day--the American War of Independence  the French Revolution  parliamentary reform--formed the character of Whiggery in his own time and for years to come. Foxs historical reputation has been hotly disputed. Some have hailed him as one of the founding fathers of Radicalism  others have dismissed him as an irritating and irresponsible impediment to the statesmanship of Pitt. Mitchells scholarly biography shows that in many ways Fox was a politician through circumstance  not kinship and friendship which to an astonishing degree dictated Foxs politics  and offers striking new assessments of Whiggery and its most potent personality. This penetrating and readable study reveals the man and his mind  and sets Fox firmly within the political and social context of the late eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651648643125,"sku":"ByrdShop_0198201044","price":234.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780198201045.jpg?v=1781836975","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/charles-james-fox-9780198201045","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}